Montana · Stillwater County
Past Producer

Mountain View Mine

Stillwater County, Montana, United States
ChromiumRhodiumPalladiumPlatinum
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Commodities
PrimaryChromium
SecondaryRhodium, Palladium, Platinum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStillwater Ni-Cu
Model1: Stillwater Ni-Cu
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formMASSIVE BAND, DISSEMINATED
Materials
Ore mineralsBronzite, Chromite
GangueOlivine
Other materialsEnstatite, Forsterite
Geology
Host rockHarzburgite · METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · STILLWATER COMPLEX, ULTRAMAFIC SERIES
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1943
Discovery year1886
Identification
Deposit ID10125004
MRDS IDW026523
Alternate namesMouat-SampsonMouat, Mouat Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates45.38712, -109.90659
References
ANONYMOUS. CHROMIUM MATERIALS SURVEY. U.S. DEPT. COMMERCE,1962, 96 PP.HESS, H.H. STILLWATER IGNEOUS COMPLEX, MONTANA. GEOL. SOC.AMER. MEM. 80, 1960, 230 PP.JACKSON, E.D. THE CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF THE STILLWATER COM-PLEX, MONTANA. IN ORE DEPOSITS IN THE U.S., 1933-1967,(GRATON SALES), V. 2. NEW YORK, AIME, 1968, PP. 1495-1510.PEOPLES, J.W., AND A.L. HOWLAND. CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF THEEASTERN PART OF THE STILLWATER COMPLEX, STILLWATER COUNTY,MONTANA. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 922-N, 1940, PP. 371-416.PEOPLES, J.W., A.L. HOWLAND, W.R. JONES, AND D. FLINT.GEOLOGIC MAP, SECTIONS, AND UNDERGROUND WORKINGS OF THEMOUNTAIN VIEW LAKE AREA, STILLWATER COUNTY, MONTANA,U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE RPT., 1954, 2 MAPS, 8 SECTIONSSCHAFER, P.A. CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF MONTANA. MONTANA BUR. OFMINES AND GEOL. MEM. 18, 1937, 35 PP.WIMMLER, N.L. INVESTIGATION OF CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF THESTILLWATER COMPLEX, STILLWATER AND SWEETGRASS COUNTIES,MONTANA. U.S. BUR. OF MINES R.I. 4368, 1948, 41 PP.MCHUGH, 1994, MLA REPORT IN PREPARATION.JACKSON, E.D., A.L. HOWLAND, J.W. PEOPLES, AND W.R. JONES.GEOLOGICAL MAPS AND SECTIONS OF THE EASTERN PART OFTHE STILLWATER COMPLEX IN STILLWATER COUNTY, MONTANA. U.S.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE RPT., 1954, 3 MAPS, 14 SECTIONS.JONES, W.R., J.W. PEOPLES, AND A.L. HOWLAND. IGNEOUS ANDTECTONIC STRUCTURE OF THE STILLWATER COMPLEX, MONTANA.U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1071-H, 1960, PP. 281-340.JACKSON, E.D. PRIMARY TEXTURES AND MINERAL ASSOCIATIONS INTHE ULTRAMAFIC ZONE OF THE STILLWATER COMPLEX, MONTANA.U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 358, 1961, 106 PP.JACKSON, E.D. STRATIGRAPHIC AND LATERAL VARIATION OF CHRO-MITE COMPOSITION IN THE STILLWATER COMPLEX. MIN. SOC.AMER. SPEC. PAPER 1, 1963, PP. 46-54.BOERICKE, F.S. AND W.M. BANGERT. EFFECT OF VARIABLES INCHEMICAL BENEFICIATION OF CHROMITE ORES. U.S. BUR OF MINESR.I. 3817, 1945, 26 PP.HUNTER, WILLARD L. AND LLOYD H. BANNING. PYROMETALLURGICALBENEFICIATION OF OFF-GRADE CHROMITE AND PRODUCTION OF FER-ROCHROMIUM. U.S. BUR OF MINES R.I. 6010, 1962, 16 PP.SULLIVAN, F.V. AND W.A. STICKNEY. FLOTATION OF PACIFICNORTHWEST CHROMITE ORES. U.S. BUR OF MINES R.I. 5646, 196914 PP.SULLIVAN, F.V. AND G.F. WORKENTINE. BENEFICIATING LOW-GRADE CHROMITES FROM THE STILLWATER COMPLEX, MONTANA. U.S.BUR OF MINES R.I. 6448, 1964, 29 PP.PAGE, N.J., AND J.C. DOHRENWEND. MINERAL RESOURCE POTEN-TIAL OF THE STILLWATER COMPLEX AND ADJACENT ROCKS IN THENORTHERN PART OF THE MT. WOOD AND MT. DOUGLAS QUADRANGLES,SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA. U.A. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 684, 1973,PRICE, P.M. MINING METHODS AND COSTS, MOUAT MINE, AMERICANCHROME COMPANY, STILLWATER COUNTY, MONTANA. U.S. BUR OFMINES I.C. 8204, 1963, 58 PP.